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.:=\^$@###                  RAILS                   ###@$^\=:.
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.:=\^$#@## TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY ##@#$^\=:.
.....=^$#@ HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS  PATH IS @#$^=.....
..:=\\^^$@ CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH  IS  COMPRISED @$^^\\=:..
..::=\\$## OF  TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ##$\\=::..
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.:=\^$#@## BECAUSE  THE  LOW  FRICTION BETWEEN  THE ##@#$^\=:.
.:=\^$#@## WHEELS OF  THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ##@#$^\=:.
....=^$$$@ THERE ARE  LIMITS FOR HOW  ACUTE A CURVE @$$$^=....
.....:=^$@ CAN  BE, AND EVEN MORE  SO  FOR HOW MUCH @$^=:.....
......:\^# THE  GROUND  UNDER  THE  RAILS  CAN   BE #^\:......
.....==^## SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS  OFTEN NOT LED ##^==.....
.:=\^$#@## ON TOP  OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ##@#$^\=:.
....:\$##@ TUNNELS   (IF  THEY   ARE   LARGE),   OR @##$\:....
.:=\^$#@##            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            ##@#$^\=:.
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.:=\^$$$## THERE  WILL BE TREES  ON THE SIDE OF THE ##$$$^\=:.
.:=\^$#@@# RAILS, BUT NOT  TOO  CLOSE, OR THEY WILL #@@#$^\=:.
....:\\^#@ BE  CUT DOWN  BY  THE  RAILWAY JANITORS. @#^\\:....
.:=\^#@### THERE  WILL  BE  PLAINS,  AND  BODIES OF ###@#^\=:.
.....=^$$#                  WATER.                  #$$^=.....
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....=\^$## TRAINS  GO BY  DAY AND BY  NIGHT.  ALONG ##$^\=....
.:\^$#@###      THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION       ###@#$^\:.
.:=\^$#@## SCATTERED,  OFTEN PUT  ON TOP  OF POLES, ##@#$^\=:.
......=^^# TO BE INTERPRETED BY  THE TRAIN DRIVERS. #^^=......
...::==^$# DIFFERENT  PARTS  OF  THE  RAILWAY  HAVE #$^==::...
.:=\^$@###          DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.         ###@$^\=:.
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......=^## SOMETIMES, TRAINS  HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ##^=......
...:=^^$## FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY.  THIS ##$^^=:...
..::=\$$## IS SIGNALED  BY  RED  OR  GREEN  LIGHTS. ##$$\=::..
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.:=\^^$$## MANY PEOPLE  FOLLOW THE  RAILS BY  FOOT. ##$$^^\=:.
.:=\^$#@## OFTEN  THIS  PROVES TO  BE  THE  SHORTER ##@#$^\=:.
.:=\^$#@## PATH  BETWEEN  TWO POINTS. HOWEVER  THIS ##@#$^\=:.
.:=\^$#@## IS  FROWNED  UPON,   AND  VERY  IMPOLITE ##@#$^\=:.
......:\^#        TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS!         #^\:......
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